Posted on 05/09/2007 10:54:48 AM PDT by Brainhose
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Barack Obama, caught up in the fervor of a campaign speech Tuesday, drastically overstated the Kansas tornadoes death toll, saying 10,000 had died. The death toll was 12.
"In case you missed it, this week, there was a tragedy in Kansas. Ten thousand people died—an entire town destroyed," the Democratic presidential candidate said in a speech to 500 people packed into a sweltering Richmond art studio for a fundraiser.
Obama mentioned the disaster in Greensburg, Kan., in saying he had been told by the office of Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius that the state's National Guard had been depleted by its commitment to the Iraq War.
"Turns out that the National Guard in Kansas only had 40 percent of its equipment and they are having to slow down the recovery process in Kansas," Obama said, his shirt sleeves rolled up and his head glistening with sweat.
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Typical day in the RAT kingdom.
It is kinda like when Bush said the Queen visited the States in “17 ahh 1976.”
The media would not let go of that.
In his defense, he was only off by 83,300% on his estimate of fatalities.
hey, cut the guy some slack. don’t you realize that there are going to be times when he gets tired. There are going to be times when he gets weary. There are going to be times when he makes mistakes. /s
bump
Obama = no stamina
I don’t think he lied. He’s just not very quantitative with numbers. Don’t look forward to careful budgeting under an Obama presidency!
LOL he probably figured that the folks there would just take his word for it.
I think he was trying to make the argument that global warming is more dangerous then terrorists and felt he had to twist the facts a little.
Exactly. We’re supposed to just chalk it up to Obama being tired and forget he said something stupid.
But imagine if Bush or some Republican says something stupid. He would be villified and crucified for saying something like that.
It is so true, that if you’re a good Democrat and a good liberal, nothing you say or do will be used against you.
The press is covering the ‘gaffe’ with the President and the Queen, but not talking about this?
This plays into Hillary's hands -- as we all know, She "ain't no ways tired".
What’s bad is that there are so many willful dumba$$ sheeple who really BELIEVE that many folks died because Obama said so.
What’s bad is that there are so many willful dumba$$ sheeple who really BELIEVE that many folks died because Obama said so.
What’s bad is that there are so many willful dumba$$ sheeple who really BELIEVE that many folks died because Obama said so.
Bush’s fault.
Sorry for the multi-comment.
Things kept freezing up.
I thought it was “no ways tarrred”
Close enough for government work.
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